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Local Web sites for Non-Technical Towns?
By Libby Waldo | February 12, 2008
I frequently go to a cabin that is far removed from the tech-hub of Seattle. It’s in a remote area of Washington where the best access to the Internet is either via Satellite or 45 minutes west in the nearest city. Recently, I realized that one of the MyZip sites was the zip code for this quaint little town (and by little I mean there are two restaurants, a ski shop, and a snowboard shop). And so I began to wonder - is a site like this going to be useful to a town that doesn’t even have high-speed Internet? Where the fastest way to check the snow report is via our beloved “Ski Phone” or by driving up the mountain road to take a look? There are a lot of wonderful things about this town and it’s inaccessibility to the outside world is just one of them. However - what to do with the blog associated with it? Will people read it and find it useful? But then I realized something - the majority of people who frequent this town are like me - living in Seattle and heading up there on the weekends. When we are home it would be fantastic to know what is the latest local buzz, what are the upcoming local events, and which band will be playing at the only bar this coming weekend. Which leads me to believe, even in the remote towns (even the un-incorporated ones as this one is) there is a place for a community site dedicated to all the latest happenings for that town. And why shouldn’t those four shops have the ability to advertise to someone like me or even better someone who is passing through on their way to the ski resort? Sounds like a win-win all around to me.
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